You Know You're From Quincy, Illinos If:
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> >
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> > 1. You've never met a celebrity.
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> > 2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a
tractor on
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> > highway 24.
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> > 3. "Vacation" means going to Six Flags.
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> > 4. You think of Chicago as not part of Illinois.
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> > 5. You measure distance in minutes.
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> > 6. You know several people who have hit a deer.
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> > 7. Your school classes were canceled because it's too cold.
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> > 8. Your school classes were canceled because it's too hot.
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> > 9. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
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> > 10. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
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> > 11. YOu have two choices, golf or boating.
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> > 12. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store, with
nobody
>in
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> > it, no matter what time of year it is.
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> > 13. You end your sentences with an unneccesary preposition. For
>example:
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> > "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town, can I go with?"
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> > 14. All the fesitvals across the State of Illinois are named after
a
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>fruit,
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> > vegetable, grain, flower or animal. (For example Barry Apple
Festival)
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> > 15. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave
both
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> > unlocked.
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> > 16. You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, sodie
and
>jello
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> > salad with marshmallows.
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> > 17. You carry jumper cables in your car.
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> > 18. You don't pronounce the "S" in Illinois like the rest of the
world.
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> > 19. You design your kid's Halloween costumes to fit over a
snowsuit.
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> > 20. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes in town
are
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>filled
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> > with snow.
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> > 21. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
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> > 22. The Herald Whig covers national and international headlines on
page
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> > one, but requires six pages for sports.
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> > 23. You think that opening weekend for deer season is a national
>holiday.
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> > (oh and you have a deer head on your wall!)
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> > 24. You know which leaves make a good toilet paper.
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> > 25. You find -20 degrees "a little chilly."
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> > 26. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter,
and
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> > Construction.
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> > 27. You know if another Illinoisian is from southern, central, or
>northern
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> > Illinois and especially Chicago, as soon as they open their mouth.
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> > 28. There is a Dairy Queen in town.
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> > 29. Pottery Barn is a big deal!
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> > 30. You know more than one person that has a septic tank.
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> > 31. You pronounce the invisible "R" in the word wash.
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> > 32. You've haven't been to any of the Lincoln sites in Springfield
since
>a
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> > grade school field trip.
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> > 33. It's a big deal when a hip band is playing at BackWaters.
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> > 34. Pier 1 is a big deal.
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> > 35. You see all of the people you haven't seen since the year
before at
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> > the KC BBQ. (Knights of Columbus)
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> > 35. There is no Target.